The driving examples police don't want you to follow in coronavirus lockdown

Police forces across the country have publicly documented when drivers have not followed lockdown guidelines

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Whilst the majority of the country are avoiding non-essential travel, some drivers are not.

Last Monday (March 23), the UK was sent into lockdown in a bid to battle the Covid-19 outbreak.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the announcement and ordered members of the public to stay indoors and only go outside for medical needs, one form of exercise, work or essential shopping.

He advised against all non-essential travel and ordered for non-essential shops to close.

Whilst most residents appear to be following the guidelines, police forces across the country have publicly documented when drivers have not.

As of last Thursday, police officers were granted new powers to tackle those who are not obeying the nationwide lockdown.

This includes instructing people to go home as well as new financial powers including fixed penalty notices of £60 (reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days) and a further fixed penalty notice of £120 for second time offenders, doubling on that for each repeat offence.

Here are just some of the incidents highlighted by officers since lockdown began:

Driver's wife travels in boot of vehicle after eBay collection

One driver was stopped by police on the M6 near Cheshire on Sunday (March 29).

He had travelled from Coventry to Salford to collect some windows from eBay.

His wife was travelling in the boot of the vehicle for the return journey when stopped by police.

He was given a TOR for the offence.

A spokesperson for North West Motorway Police said: "A driver has travelled from Coventry to Salford to collect a £15 EBay purchase of windows.

"His wife could not fit in the vehicle so she was travelling in the boot for the return journey when stopped on the M6 Cheshire. The driver was given a TOR for the offence."

Motorhome driver stopped at Devon border after driving from Birmingham

A motorhome driver was stopped at the Devon border and sent back to Birmingham.

This is because police said the trip was 'not in the spirit of fighting the virus.'

Officers from the North Devon Roads Policing team were patrolling the major routes in the county when they stopped the mobile holiday home.

A Sergeant with the North Devon RPU tweeted: "Birmingham to North Devon is not in the spirit of fighting the Virus. The North Devon Roads Policing team are patrolling and will stop and ask why you are on the roads.

"This gentleman is now on his way back to the midlands! #Covid19#Police."